TACOMA — Megan Adams eyed a 12-foot-long surfboard and a long canoe-style paddle. She watched other stand-up paddle surfers easing over the glassy water just off Owen Beach at Point Defiance Park.

The kayak surfing currents are beginning to shift as big air maneuvers generate new excitement and point to a kayak surf renaissance in the works. While kayak surfing is alive and well in core pockets ...

It's a warm, almost sultry evening in Deep Cove, a placid inlet tucked into the forest-bearded mountainside of Vancouver's north shore. All kinds of self-propelled watercraft and paddles lie scattered ...